Laurent de La Hire

Laurent de La Hire , 1606-56, French painter. He produced many portraits and historical paintings, a few romantic landscapes, important decorative works for Richelieu, Pierre Séguier, and others, and tapestry designs for the Gobelins. His paintings reflect the influence of Vouet, Poussin, and Claude. His Pope Nicolas V before St. Francis (1630) and St. Peter Healing the Sick are both in the Louvre.

La Hyre, Laurent de (b Paris, 26 Feb 1606; d Paris, 29 Dec. 1656). French painter. He painted religious and mythological scenes, portraits, and landscapes and also made engravings. His earlier work owed much to Primaticcio and the Fontainebleau schools, but from about 1638 his style became more classical, under the influence of Nicolas Poussin and then of Philippe de Champaigne. The Birth of Bacchus (1638, Hermitage, St Petersburg) is a good example of his work—obviously indebted to Poussin, but showing a certain individuality in the soft and romantic treatment of the landscape.

La Hyre, Laurent de (1606–56). French painter, active in his native Paris. He painted religious and mythological scenes, portraits, and landscapes and also made engravings. His earlier work owed much to Primaticcio and theFontainebleau schools, but from about 1638 his style became more classical, under the influence of Nicolas Poussin and then of Philippe de Champaigne. The Birth of Bacchus (1638, Hermitage, St Petersburg) is a good example of his work—obviously indebted to Poussin, but showing a certain individuality in the soft and romantic treatment of the landscape.